Topic of the Month – November 2016

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This month’s topic is ‘Journeys’. All kinds – real or metaphorical, necessary or frivolous, sensible or pretentious. Everything anyone tries to do these days seems to be described as a journey – I hope you enjoy this glimpse into ‘My Cartoon Journey’ Journey.

Next month’s TOTM will be ‘Kristmas and New Year’. (I hate spelling it that way, but it’s the December … more »

I’m into the final week of the campaign for the new book (it ends 2 November, 10pm AEST) and for the last few days I’ve been working on the picture for the cover. Covers tend to make me nervous, they are an extremely important part of the book
, and the awareness of that importance can be paralysing. But I’m quite pleased with … more »

My Pozible campaign to raise the money to fund the new book has reached 100% of its target, hip hip hooray and hurrah! That was its first target, to print a 192 page book. It’s also reached its second target, to make the book longer, 224 pages. Hooray again! I’m very grateful to all the people who have helped me … more »

In one hour it will be 24 hours times 5 since I launched this campaign to raise the money to selfpublish a new book and it’s going really well, $9285, which is 67% of my goal. I’m really grateful to everyone who has pledged, from the smallest to the greatest amount. Thank you all! Supporters with a special shoutout are Liz Telford, … more »

It’s high time there was a new Horacek cartoon book out in the world! The last one was 2010, which is ages ago, and of course I’ve done lots of fabulous cartoons since then. My plan is to self-publish, and I’ve got a three week crowdfunding* campaign going at Pozible to raise the money. Really what I’m asking you to … more »

For a long time I’ve been planning to investigate giclee printing in relation to my work (a lot of artists are doing them nowadays) and I’ve finally done it. Giclee prints are reproduction prints of an extremely high quality, printed on archival paper and with proper pigment based inks. So, not prints in the ‘printmaking’ sense of getting one’s hands dirty … more »